How do others feel about this award winning book? I was just expecting a lot more. I do not want to give away any plot points, but it is about several people and how their lives intersect before and after a global pandemic which has obliterated most of the world’s population.
The majority of this book deals with their lives- giving the back story before the pandemic, but then circles back to present day- think of The Road or The Walking Dead, but minus the zombies. In my opinion, there was much too little time given to the present day plot, and it was weak. Maybe I am just desensitized to this stuff after The Walking Dead and the dozens of other similar TV series and movies. The plot was weak as was the character development, except for the one or two character that are more central to the story.
The writing also lacks a pleasant prose. In the Night Circus, while I was not all that impressed with the plot, I did like the writing- in fact it was beautifully written.
This is an award winning book, so it obviously affect many people in a good way, but I finished and I was kind of like, “that’s it?” Book was short enough to finish it in a few days, but instead it took me a month to finish because I was just not that into it.
by jcoffin1981